Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-07-08

| miserable outcast, thrown into the out
skirts Of the village common, as they
I throw the rest of the refuse and the
filth. 4
And grew up with the vague i'm
/ preston that / carried about me a
stain q something to be ashamed Of.
One day one of the other children
called me bastard He did not, it is
true, know the meaning of the word,
/ caught from the lips of the Oldest ones
at home, nor at the time did ], but in
stinctiyely, as it were, / understood
and felt the insult. I was. though /
say5it myself, one OF the most intelli-
gent scholars OF the school. and I would
have been, Mons. President, an honest,
perhaps q superior man, had not my
parents committed the crime of aban-
dOning me. I was the victim: they the
culprits; was defenseless. II
THEY WITHOUT PITY;
And when / needed them most they re-
jected me. owed them, it is true, the
gift Of life. but was life such as mine a
boon to be thankful forP No; it was
q misfortune, and after the shameless
ness Of my abandonment did I owe
them anght but vengeance, vengeance
for an act the most inhuman, infamous
and monstrous, that it is possible fer
one being to perpetrate against anoth-
er .5...s5. =, #. h.. 2.
"A man insulted returns the blow :;
man robbed. retakes his goods by
force If necessary; a man deceived,
played with and martyr,zed, kills !; a
man dishonored and slapped in the
face, kills also. I was more than de-
eeved, slapped in the face, robbed and
dlshonored, provocations, all of them,
which the law admits to be punishable.
But am avenged, for I have killed
them--taken from them, as it was my
legitimate right to take from them,
their life of happiness in exchange for
the shameful one which they had inn
posed upon me. You speak of it as a
parrlcide, but can you call them par
ents, those people to- whom I was a.
burden intolerahle, a spot of infalny !;
to whom my birth was calamity, nv
life constant menace of shame {?
They yielded to selfish pleasure-they
found Nemesis. But for all that, and T
say it truthfully, I was prepared and
ready to love them.
'lt is two years, as have told you.
since that man. my father, entered my
place for the first time. I suspected
nothing. He came ostensiblv to order
some furniture; but he had learned my
history from the Cure-I learned this
later on-under the seal of the pro-
foundest secrecy. He returned fire.
quently.> always bringing me work to
do for him, and paying we'll. At the
same time he talked Il little of one
thing OF another, and soon
BEGAN TO FEEL AN AFFECTION
For him. At the beginning of the year
he brought his wife with him, my
mother. When she entered she trem-
bled so violently that supposed her to
be the victim of some nervous malady.
l gave her seat and glass OF water,
but she never spoke save to answer
yes or mo- as my father appealed to
her, and looked about her in a fright
ened, bewildered way. When she de-
parted I truly believed her little Graz
ed.
The following month. however they
| returned-she calm and perfect mis-
tress of herself. They remained that
day long enough to chat awhile, and to
give me the details OF an order was to
fill for them immediately. They came
in this way three or four times, still
without my suspecting anything. AT
last. one day she began to question me
OF my childhood and my parents.
"'My parents, madame ! replied,
with bitterness, were miserable
wretches who abandoned me-
SAT my words, she staggered, turn
ed pale, and, with a low moan, fell to
the floor unconscious. Then, and then
| only, OWNED the truth. 1t was nv
mother. Yes said to myself, my
mother; but / must be careful not to
let her see that suspect it I wished
to see if she would come again; also,
what she intended to do.
.'In the mean time ] sought for in
formation myself, and learned that
Mons. ---- and his wife had been mar
ried in July of the preceding year;
that my mother was widow Of three
years standing at the time of the mar
riage, and that w..
GOSSIP HAD CONNECTED HER NAME
With that of my father, her present
husband, during the lifetime of the
first, but there had been no proofs. L,
however. knew better-I was the proof
which they had from the first conceal
ed and striven to destroy. -. -
II waited, and one evening she re-
turned. accompanied. as usual, by my
father: This day--why 1 can not tell
you--she was strongly moved, and said
to me in going away: @~.@ H..
g You seem to be an honest boy,
Mons. Georges, and skillful work
man. wish you well, IS you will
some day think of taking to yourself a
wife, I would like to aid You in the
only way can to the choice of one
that will suit you. Twas married once
myself against the dictates of my
heart, and I know what suffering it is.
Now am rich, childless. free and
mistress of my own fortune: here is
your dot, and she handed me heavy
envelope. R R, .5s5 n.
&c. I answered, without touching
the paper, aud looking her straight in
the eyes, $50 it is true;& you are my
mother!'' @i&s@ a, -
She recoiled as if had struck her,
and would have fallen again if nv
father had not caught her in his arms.
You are mad he cried; you have
lost your senses!'' s.@ (, Ii: II.
8 mot at all. Responded 4 know
well that you are my parents. I have
felt. it for some time; but avow it to me,
admit It frankly, and I will continue to
guard the secret to guard it with
my life. for / do not wish to be recoe-
nized. nor to be other than I am, q sim
pie maker of furniture; but admit it
only tell me that yon are my parents.''